Lot Essay
Item one, cf. G. Janes, Shabtis A Private View, Paris, 2002, pp. 138-139, no. 72 for the type; and item two, cf. L. Aubert, Statuettes funéraires, Paris, 1998, no. 14 for the type.
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DYNASTY XXI-XXII, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C.
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FIVE EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS
DYNASTY XXI-XXII, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C.
One inscribed with vertical column in dark purple glaze for Djed-montu-iuefankh, 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high; another for Pa-seba-kha-en-niut (Psusennes), 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high; another for Har[si]ese, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; another two, inscriptions illegible, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high max.; and two other pale blue glazed composition shabtis, one with black details, both circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high max., some mounted (7)
DYNASTY XXI-XXII, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C.
One inscribed with vertical column in dark purple glaze for Djed-montu-iuefankh, 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high; another for Pa-seba-kha-en-niut (Psusennes), 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high; another for Har[si]ese, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; another two, inscriptions illegible, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high max.; and two other pale blue glazed composition shabtis, one with black details, both circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high max., some mounted (7)
Provenance
All acquired on the London art market in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Item one: probably from Thebes.
Item two: from Cache II, Deir-el-Bahri, Thebes.
Item one: probably from Thebes.
Item two: from Cache II, Deir-el-Bahri, Thebes.
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